The International Council for Science (ICSU) is a non-government organisation with a global membership of 48 international scientific unions and interdisciplinary science bodies. These organisations convene scientists within and across the disciplines to coordinate research and address issues of global significance. The Academy is Australia’s adhering body for ICSU and 31 ICSU organisations and meets responsibilities and obligations that arise from the ICSU memberships with the assistance of the National Committees for Science.
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Professor Merrilyn Goos, University of Queensland, was recently elected Vice President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI).
ICSU and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) have proposed to merge and will convene an Extraordinary General Assembly to discuss the proposal in Oslo on 24 October. Members of ICSU and of ISSC will be asked to vote whether they agree in principle with the recommendation to merge the two organisations and to appoint a task force that will develop the transition plan in case of agreement by both sides to pursue the merger.
Background documents on the proposed merger are available on ICSU’s website.
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